At Asana, we think of “visibility” as insight into who’s doing what by when. With increased project visibility, teams can work together seamlessly while still making sure nothing falls through the cracks. But creating purposeful visibility across your entire team can be hard.

Major crises like our current situation is a real-life test of agility for many of us. As we look around at governments grappling with mitigation and businesses of every size pivoting their strategies, we see all of them dovetail back to this mantra: “Responding to change over following a plan.” While everything may feel hopeless at times, there are also inspiring examples of people and organizations who have shown resourcefulness and resiliency in their responses.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses worldwide are switching their mindset and employees to working remotely. This change has introduced us to a myriad of challenges: whether it’s juggling the reality of working with your kids in the house (read: zoo), ensuring you maintain a healthy work-life balance, or finding the right tools to help you get your work done.

A major factor contributing to this neverending buildup of anxiety is the fact that many workers all around the world have been sent to work from home by their companies. In some territories where the virus has hit particularly hard, people were simply told to stay home in an act that’s quite aptly named “self-isolation.” So now, here you are - working from home, self-isolated and probably clueless about what’s going to happen next.

The new Easy Insight and Teamwork Desk integration lets you drill right down into your support data to give you detailed insights into both customer queries and team performance. The connection between the two apps pulls all of your Teamwork Desk data into Easy Insight so you can build your own custom reports and dashboards — or use some pre-built templates — to quickly pull the information that’s most important to your business.

With over 6 million organizations signing up with Bitrix24 since the launch in 2012, we have a unique insight into how businesses and the non-profit sector are adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, we ran a short survey in order to understand what effect the coronavirus has had so far, which industries adopted best and what future steps companies are planning.

Dear Bitrix24 users, The regular clients report in CRM Analytics shows how many clients have purchased from you within the selected reporting period.

With scattered teams across different locations becoming the new normal, project management tools are becoming essential for remote work. At Zoho Projects, we’re always looking for ways to simplify your project management experience. Et voilà! We’ve upgraded and refurbished our Gantt chart feature to include more capabilities, making it easier than ever to work with it. Here’s what you can do with our new Gantt interface.

Dear Bitrix24 users, Establishing sales objectives by setting sales targets is a good way to motivate employees, deliver big results and sell more. Bitrix24 CRM Analytics offers a Sales plan to set sales targets for each of your sales agents and track their progress. There are two types of sales targets in Bitrix24: you can enter a number of deals that have to be won for a set period of time or set as a required sales volume, if you prefer the sales target.

With the myriad of project management resources available today to ensure organized and successful project completion, one could argue that the need for a personal touch is obsolete. However, as cloud computing and mobile apps have expanded our horizons for task completion, team work is now more important than ever to connect all the dots.